Quote Originally Posted by mellowmiller View Post
I'm sure a penalty would have been given Rod and that's what I mean about inconsistencies.
To be fair though, does anybody actually understand the handball rule anymore? Did you see the penalty that Luton were awarded in their last game?
Ridiculous decision, the defender was stretching for the ball and it hit his arm. He knew nothing about it and it certainly wasn't a deliberate act to gain an advantage but VAR decided his arm wasn't in a natural position and a penalty was awarded.
So what is deemed as a "natural position" nowadays because we see defenders dancing about with their arms behind their backs and there's nothing natural about that!
VAR has got a lot to answer for because, in my opinion, the rules are being tampered with to accommodate the technology and that just doesn't feel right.
I think if VAR was run right it would be good for Football but it's shambolic how it is now,Hopefully Howard Webb will make things better in the near future,but i won't be holdin my breath.UTB